Usually we take a train from Gatwick to London but we booked a car to pick us up and drive to London because we heard there was a train drivers strike and were worried about taking a train with a lot of luggage. It took quite a long time (more than an hour?) to get to the hotel. We had booked Hakkasan at 8.30 pm but had to call them on the way to push it back to 9.00.

As we’d been eating only Italian food in Italy (we want to eat local food as a rule) we were missing Asian food so we chose Chinese. However, my husband doesn’t like typical Chinese restaurants with bright lights and bright colour schemes so we tend to choose posh and modern Chinese restaurants in London. I didn’t know until just now (when I did a little research on the internet) but I just learned that the founder of Hakkasan is also the founder of Wagamama. If I’d known this I may not have tried the place because I really don’t like food in Wagamama.

店内はすご〜く暗くてiPhoneではほとんど写りません〜。音楽と人の話し声で大声を張り上げないと話が出来ません。

It’s extremely dark inside so the iPhone cannot really take very good photos.

餃子。海老入り。もっとカリッと焼いてほしいですが、味は良いです。

Gyoza with pork and prawns. I would have liked them to be more crispy but they tasted good.

Next our typical order – sweet & sour pork and Ma Po Tofu. We also ordered stir-fried broccoli with crispy seaweed – I wasn’t so keen on this one but the rest were good. They are not authentic Chinese but we quite like their taste.